Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez and Caleb Plant agree that their fight will be ‘historic’ | Other Sports | sports

The moment of truth is approaching for the champions: the Mexican Saúl Canelo Álvarez and the undefeated American Caleb Plant left behind the dialectical confrontations and aggressive gestures facing the gallery and promoting their fight for the unification of the super middleweight title, to agree that regardless of the final result the fight will be “historic.”

The winner of the long-awaited showdown this Saturday will make history as the first undisputed super middleweight champion during the era of the four belts.

“I want to thank everyone for their support and for making this fight possible. We have come a long way as professionals for this to happen ”, reiterated Álvarez. “It’s so different when you’re in the ring, so I don’t really take anything from our altercation at the first press conference.”

Álvarez reiterated that he knows what he has to do to impose his boxing against Plant and has no doubt that the experience will open the way to victory.

“I always train 100% and do my best to adapt to my opponent’s style. I like the idea that Caleb (Plant) comes in believing that he will win this fight. It’s going to make it more exciting for the fans, ”Alvarez said. “The goal is to be an all-time great fighter. I’m not going to stop until I’ve done everything I can to reach that goal.

Álvarez, 31, insisted that no other result passes through his mind than victory, the rest of the aspects are out of his reach and he also has no control.

“My emotions are under control, even though I am fully motivated to become the undisputed champion and to make history. That is what I want. But I can stay calm, because this is what I always do, ”Álvarez emphasized.

Canelo He also recalled that “Only five male boxers in boxing history have managed to become undisputed champions. I want to be the sixth. That is the only thing I have in mind and to make history ”.

For his part, Plant said that the good thing is that there is little left to define who will be the best of the two and that everything had already been said and therefore it only remained to take it forward and respond to the ring with the best boxing.

“There is not much time left or much to say. Before this fight, Canelo said that Mexicans don’t fuck around. It’s good to know, because where I’m from, we’re not screwed either, and as of Saturday night Caleb Plant’s name will be the undisputed super middleweight champion. “

Later the undefeated American champion said he did not want to offend Álvarez at the first press conference they offered in Los Angeles.

“I think the media take advantage of it more than we do. We’ve both been in worse fights than that. When the bell rings, it is completely different and we will both be two athletes who will give everything to get the victory ”, emphasized Plant, 29 years old.

“Until Canelo was in my division I never thought about him, now that he did, then I had no doubt that he would be my great rival,” said Plant. “I have to do the job by all means necessary as it has always happened both inside and outside the ring.”

Plant reiterated that he assumes not to be the favorite And that they do not want to give him credit for what he has achieved so far, he had already lived it before.

“What critics and those outside my world forget is that I will be the one who has the last word with my boxing when I am in the ring,” argued Plant. “If I had been guided by the critics, I would not be here with you right now.”

Plant then urged everyone to watch the fight because at the end they would have the opportunity to see in his person the new and undisputed unified super middleweight champion.

For their part, the preparations of both fighters, Eddy Reynoso, Álvarez’s henchman, and Justin Gamber, who works with Plant, assured that his disciples had completed perfect training camps and that in the physical section they arrived at their best. condition to face the great historical challenge within the world of boxing. (D)